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ROTARY CLUB THESSALONIKI ANATOLIA

Rotary is an autonomous non - governmental organization offering service with more than 1,200,000 members in more than 30,000 Rotary Clubs, in 162 countries. It consists of active members of our society (businessmen, scientists, professionals, etc.), which carry out together international humanitarian projects, encourage high ethical standards in all occupations and work towards achieving global understanding and peace.

Rotary Club Thessaloniki Anatolia has been one of the most dynamic Rotary Clubs of Greece with Rotaract (18 to 30 years old) and Interact (14 to 18 years old) sections since the first moment of its foundation. It has even the first section for children under 14 years old to better prepare them for admission to Interact.

Although it is one of the youngest Rotary Clubs of Greece, the action is rich, complex and visionary for the future.

These actions include major speeches from distinguished speakers, numerous events of all the sections of our young people to raise awareness and inform our citizens on environmental issues, charity event s for the orphanage in our city ''St. Stylianos", participation in speech and art events, with major institutions of our city, our country, and other consular authorities of our city, awards to groups and individuals with great blood offer, great sports offer, without omitting a thletes with disabilities, as well as awards for exceptional clubs and people with significant social and other offer. We must not forget to mention twinning with other Rotary Clubs, tours to our friends in the Balkans, tours of archaeological sites, the nights entertainment with dances, songs and jokes and also the sailing trips in Thermaikos bay, which tend to bea tradition each September, every year.

On May 17, 2009, after a conference was held by various Rotary Clubs of the Balkans, in Grand Hotel Palace, in Thessaloniki, the first Balkan Network was founded, which was later named CFC Culture, Friendship, Cooperation and sealed on Sunday, January 10, 2010 with the multiple twinning of the Rotary Clubs of Thessaloniki Anatolia - Greece, Nis "Constant ine The Great" - Serbia, Blagoevgrad Centrum - Bulgaria, Tirana - Albania, Craiova - Romania and Thessaloniki West - Greece.

Purposes of this Balkan Network are:

1. The art exhibition called CUB (Culture Unites Balkans), which started in Casa Bianca, Thessaloniki and continued successively in the Synagogue of Nis, Serbia, in the American University of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria and at last in the Gallery of the Association of Sculptors of Craiova, Romania.

2. The first seminar on Leadership YLC, with specially selected children by the twinned Rotary Clubs, the Young Ambassadors of the Balkan Network CFC, which has already been done with great success in Thessaloniki, and which will be conveyed to the other cities of the network.

3. Several common offering programs that will multiply the possibilities of each local Rotary Club with the help of large companies operating in the Balkan countries and using various EU and Rotaryprograms, wherever it is possible.

The Rotary Club Thessaloniki Anatolia with it's Rotaracts in their regular gathering, on Monday, April 27, 2015,at Mediterranean Palace Hotel,had for speaker, ex pilot of HAF and treasurer of our Club,Charalambos Sidiropoulos, on:"The strength of the team."

We even had the pleasure to welcome a new member, the old friend of our Club, the architect and contractor in Greece and abroad, Constantinos Drosopoulos, on which put the pin the past president of our Club, the architect, Konstantinos Demiris.

Our gathering honored by the friends of our Club, the couple Nikos and Evi Ioannidou, the Colonel John Prokopis, the wife of our Vice President Kostas Kritikopoulos Anna Samakovli and many candidates Rotaracts.

The Rotary Club Thessaloniki Anatolia with its Rotaracts and the Rotary Club Thessaloniki West, with the kind support of the Order of the Templar Knights of Jerusalem, the 1st Sorptimistic Club of Thessaloniki etc. organized on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 12:00, at the Congress Hotel Center of DIAKONIA, the event: "Thessaloniki and pride" to strengthen the institution “PHAROS” of fr. Athenagoras.

The event began with the prayer by the panosiologiotatos Archimandrite

and Director of the Center, fr. Alexandros, followed by the welcome of our President, Diogenes Takidis, the presentation of the presents by the responsible of the event, our Vice President Konstantinos Kritikopoulos and finally the greetings by the General Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Ingo von Voss, of our elected President, John Lakis and our Treasurer Charalambos Sidiropoulos

The Rotary Club Thessaloniki Anatolia with its Rotaracts cut their annual Pie on Monday, January 12, 2015 at 21:00 at the Hotel Mediterranean Palace.

The solemn event honored us by his presence, the Ellogimotatos Archimandrite Father Alexandros, Director of Convention Hotel Center DIAKONIA (N. Plastira 65, Pilea, Thessaloniki), who has blessed us and cut our pie.

Subsequently, the Treasurer of our Club, Charalambos Sidiropoulos gave as a gift the banner of our Club to Father Alexandros.

The winners of the evening were, for the big pie, our dear friend of our Club, the Minister of Makedonia Thrace, George Orfanos and from the little pies, our next Vice President, Zoe Eleftheriadou, who won small artifacts of the Great Lord the Hagiographer and Byzantine Painter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Mr. Giannis Mitrakas.

Our honored the event with their presence, the Minister of MMATH, George Orfanos, Deputy Mayor for International Relations of Thessaloniki, Spyros Pegas, the Colonel Ioannis Prokopis with his wife Dimitra, the Epilekto members of our Club, the lawyer and professor of International Relations at ACT, Lamprini Nasis and our photographer Kostas Papadopoulos, from our Rotaracts, the President Demetris Vantsos, the Vice President and Elected President, Christina Tsatsanova, the Treasurer and Elected Secretary, Alexandros Prokopis and many other members of our Club.